jeff's uncle made the AP wire, simply by getting married! how is that possible, you ask? because he is none other than the illustrious bill nye, the science guy. naturally:

Cellist Yo Yo Ma, accompanied by MIT Media Lab Professor Michael Hawley on the piano, performed a wedding march.

congratulations to the happy couple!

as noted in comments below, i stayed home sick today and have been using my ass-on-couch time to actually be productive and work on a number of assignments i have due for next week. unfortunately, my plan has been somewhat thwarted by, you guessed it, the Noisy Upstairs Neighbor. apparently he holds a job wherein he is required to a) stay at home all day b) do jumping jacks to a soundtrack of third eye blind for 7 hours straight.

my retaliation plan, put in effect 15 minutes ago?

playing belle and sebastian, really, really loud.

that's right, don't fuck with the motherfucking stuart murdoch. he will blow your ears out with pure cuteness.

one of these things is not like the other ones! and it's freaking me out, frankly.

and why did keira knightley go blond, by the way? she's much prettier as a brunette.

UPDATE: just realized the first link may not be entirely SFW.

northwestern has a craaaaazy tenured professor (electrical engineering faculty) who a) believes the holocaust never happened b) loves iran! i never knew.